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COLONY. A union of citizens or subjects who have left their country to people another, and remain subject to the mother country. 3 W. C. C. R. 287. The country occupied by the colonists is also called a colony. A colony differs from a possession, or a dependency. (q.v.) For a history of the American colonies, the reader is referred to Story on the Constitution, book I.; 1 Kent, Com. 77 to 80; 1 Dane's Ab. Index, b. t.

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Table 2: World Market for Erythropoietins (2000-2010): Geographic Regions Ranked by CAGR - Europe, US, Japan and Rest of World (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-14 Colony Stimulating Factors II-14 Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor II-14 Granulocyte Macrophage-Colony Stimulating Factor II-14 Other Colony Stimulating Factors II-14 Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor (M-CSF) II-15 Key Functions of M-CSF II-15 Side-Effects of Colony-Stimulating Factors II-15